Stepmother Shaoguang

Chapter 10
When Lu Xiaowen led He Shaoguang to touch the door lock of the big kitchen, he heard He Shaoguang's clear sigh coming from behind him.

"It's locked, it's okay, let's go through the window."

Lu Xiaowen felt that she must be crazy, coming to the kitchen to steal chickens in the middle of the night!
Why use stolen?
Isn't this his home?

He leaped into the kitchen, bent over and searched for a long time, and only thought of this question when he came out with a chicken in one hand and saw the satisfaction on He Shaoguang's face.

"Anything else?" Lu Xiaowen lowered his voice.

"No, no, no, we have them in the yard, let's go!" He Shaoguang thoughtfully opened the way for him to avoid the patrolling servants.

The stolen ones are still fragrant.

He Shaoguang dipped the chicken in starch and flour, wrapped it in egg wash, and dipped it again.Put a lot of oil in the pan, and when the oil is about six minutes hot, He Shaoguang carefully puts the whole chicken into the pan, frying it repeatedly until the skin turns yellow, then taking it out, and frying it again on high heat.

During this process, the high-ranking General Lu Jun helped her light the fire, and He Shaoguang instructed him to add some firewood from time to time.

I quickly made a dipping sauce of garlic soy sauce and spicy cumin powder, and sprinkled them on the two fried chickens.He Shaoguang was indeed hungry when he smelled the tempting scent wafting in front of him.

So she asked Lu Xiaowen: "Is there any wine?"

Lu Xiaowen took out his own treasure, a burning knife with fried chicken.

He Shaoguang directly tore a big chicken leg with his hands, handed it to Lu Xiaowen, and then thought about it for himself: "I used to do it often at home, so I went to find my second brother, and we sat on the roof to watch the moon. Come out and look at the stars."

"He talks a lot of nonsense. I don't like to listen to it. I just want to find someone to eat with me. This is called a meal partner."

"Fantasy?" Lu Xiaowen chuckled, "Your word is interesting."

"Yeah," He Shaoguang said melancholy, "I don't have any sisters, and my eldest brother has a coffin face all day long, so he can't let me go to my parents to have a drink and talk? My second brother is a bit stupid, but he can eat. "

"Does your second brother know that you say that about him?" Lu Xiaowen searched in his mind, and remembered that He Changjie is a straight man with good skills.

Young people, you need to exercise more.

"I don't know." He Shaoguang was a little drunk, and stood up staggeringly, "I don't have a meal partner, and I'm bored eating."

"Is the fried chicken delicious?" When asked suddenly, Lu Xiaowen wiped his mouth under her burning gaze: "It's delicious, I've never eaten chicken made like this."

"Of course! I still have a lot, I have a chance"

"What's the chance?" Lu Xiaowen was still waiting for the next sentence, but didn't hear the sound, only saw He Shaoguang lying drunk on the cool chair, already asleep.

Seeing that she was in the glass, she drank more than half of it.

"I really have the gall to drink." Lu Xiaowen shook her head, she really looked up to her back then.

He lifted her up, moved her to the bed, and covered her with the quilt.Seeing that the time had already passed Haishi, Lu Xiaowen simply couldn't sleep, so he closed the door gently, turned around and walked into the study next to him to deal with business.

The recent Turkic situation is not peaceful, and small frictions between tribes continue, and major conflicts will inevitably endanger our borders.Lu Xiaowen frowned after reading the spy's letter, and wrote a memorial.

When He Shaoguang woke up and slept until the sun was high, he felt refreshed.When she was still thinking about what to have for lunch, she heard Yuan Jin, the maid beside Lu Xiaowen, come to tell her that Lu Xiaowen would come back to join her for lunch today.

He Shaoguang said it was strange today, Lu Xiaowen was either having lunch in the palace or with the soldiers, why did he come back here today?
Is it whose birthday is today?He Shaoguang specifically asked, Yuanjin was a little speechless, and replied that Lu Xiaowen's birthday was on the day of the winter solstice.

He Shaoguang didn't care about being choked by the maid, anyway, he just prepared an extra lunch.

I ate cold food all day yesterday, and I want to eat something warm today.

Hot white rice, plus a few home-cooked dishes.

He Shaoguang personally went to the shopping area of ​​the big kitchen and walked around. Seeing that today's herring was good, he asked the chef if he had pickled sauerkraut?Going to make a pickled fish dish.

Finally, after shopping around, the proposed food list is: pickled cabbage fish fillets, braised short ribs, seasonal vegetables and white jade tofu soup.

"Could it be a little simpler?" Zhi Jun followed He Shaoguang, it was the first time that my uncle came back for lunch, not to mention the eighteen delicacies, isn't the three dishes and one soup a bit simple?

He Shaoguang had no choice but to say, "It's shameful to waste." This is also the thought she instilled in the He family since she was a child. The He family no longer has the habit of extravagance and waste.

Every time I dined with the old lady, she smacked her tongue at the 48-course breakfast at the table, and she only took a bite or two of each dish, and some of them were even served unused.

It is often thrown away, what a waste.

Seeing that Zhijun was still confused, He Shaoguang backed down a step: "At most, add a cold dish for him, take cucumbers!"

Lu Xiaowen was on duty early today, and on the way from the long street to the outside of the palace, he had to pass Tangli Palace where Concubine Xiao Shu lived.It just so happened that Concubine Xiao Shu came back from Tai Chi Palace today, and saw him from a distance sitting on the luan sedan chair.

"Hey? General Lu." Concubine Xiao Shu waved at him, so Lu Xiaowen had to stop and wait for her orders.

"I heard that General Lu is newly married, and I haven't congratulated you yet." Concubine Xiao Shu sat on the sedan chair without moving, congratulating him lazily.

"Thank you, Madam, for your concern." When Lu Xiaowen replied, he kept his head down and never raised his head.

"Seeing that the general is in a hurry, he must be eager to go home, and there is a beauty in his arms." Concubine Xiao Shu was still lazy, but no one could hear her displeasure, "It's just that the little niece from the Japanese Palace came to talk to me. Gong cried a lot, and this Gong is also distressed. General Lu, don't forget the old one even if you have a new one?"

Seeing that Lu Xiaowen didn't speak, Concubine Xiao Shu didn't want to push him any further, so she asked him to get up: "General Lu, go back now, you should think about Yan'er's affairs. I have to take the Fifth Prince to the Queen Mother to pay my respects. I know who the empress dowager and the emperor value most."

Back at the Lu Mansion, He Shaoguang had already prepared lunch.Seeing him coming back, he greeted him naturally: "Go wash your hands and then you can eat."

After returning to the familiar courtyard, Lu Xiaowen felt a little more relaxed.He changed into his homely clothes and helped He Shaoguang arrange dishes: "What do you want to eat today?"

He Shaoguang asked him to look at the table by himself: "It's just the two of us eating, so I didn't cook that much. Every time we get together, there are always dozens of dishes, and we can't eat much. It's too wasteful. If there is not enough food, then Let the big kitchen send some?"

Lu Xiaowen has practiced martial arts for many years, and eats more than others, but the few dishes in front of him are enough for the two of them.

"No, that's enough." Lu Xiaowen is not a hard-to-serve master, and the herring that He Shaoguangshun brought back from the sauerkraut fish weighs a full 3 catties, which fills a big bowl, and he can't finish it.

(End of this chapter)